EPA Weighing Industry Calls To Revise Nutrient Limits In Discharge Permits

October 27, 2014
EPA is considering wastewater industry calls to rethink how regulators set nutrient discharge permit limits that are intended to meet water quality standards, creating a more flexible approach that moves away from using calculation methods similar to those used for permitting discharges of toxics. The agency's water office, as well as state regulators, met this month with the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) to discuss the wastewater industry group's June 2014 review of EPA's methods for setting water...


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